Antimicrobial Efficacy of Ten Commercially Available Herbal Dentifrices against Specific Oral Microflora – In Vitro Study

Shaheen, Salma; Reddy, Padma; Hemalatha, .; Reddy, S.N.; Doshi, Dolar; Kulkarni, Suhas; Kumar, Manoj

doi:10.7860/jcdr/2015/11127.5829

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“…Hence, it can be argued that there is a plurality of effect in herbal or botanical extracts making its action non-specific. Studies have shown that herbal extracts are indicated for their cleansing, astringent, anti-microbial, and refreshing properties which are non-specific actions in body [31,[48][49][50][51]. However, the anti-plaque efficacy or reduction of gingival inflammation by fluoride is specific to dental plaque and oral microorganisms.…”

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Effectiveness of herbal oral care products in reducing dental plaque & gingivitis – a systematic review and meta-analysis

Janakiram

Ramanarayanan

Fontelo

et al. 2020

BMC Complement Med Ther

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Background: Despite the large number of trials conducted using herbal oral care products for the reduction of dental plaque or gingivitis, results are conflicting and inconclusive. Objective: To assess the effectiveness of herbal oral care products compared to conventional products in reducing dental plaque and gingivitis adults. Methods: We searched the following databases for Randomised controlled trials (RCTs): MEDLINE Ovid, EMBASE Ovid etc. which yielded 493 trails. Of which 24 RCTs comparing herbal toothpaste or mouth rinse with over the counter toothpaste or mouth rinse in adults aged 18 to 65 years were included. Two authors extracted information and assessed the methodological quality of the included studies using Risk of Bias. Meta-analyses using the random-effects model were conducted for four outcomes for tooth paste and mouth rinse respectively. Mean difference (MD) or standardized mean difference (SMD) were used to estimate the effect, with 95% confidence intervals. Results: A total of 1597 adults participated in 24 RCT studies. These were classified as herbal toothpaste (HTP) (15 trials, 899 participants) and herbal mouth rinse (HMR) (9 trials, 698 participants) compared with non-herbal toothpaste (NHTP) or nonherbal mouth rinse (NHMR). We found that HTP was superior over NHTP (SMD 1.95, 95% CI (0.97-2.93)) in plaque reduction. The long-term use of NHMR was superior in reduction of dental plaque over HMR (SMD-2.61, 95% (CI 4.42-0.80)). From subgroup analysis it showed that HTP was not superior over fluoride toothpaste (SMD 0.99, 95% CI (0.14-2.13)) in reducing dental plaque. However, HTP was favoured over non-fluoride toothpaste (SMD 4.64, 95% CI (2.23-7.05)). Conclusion: For short-term reduction in dental plaque, current evidence suggests that HTP is as effective as compared to NHTP; however, evidence is from low quality studies.

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Effectiveness of herbal oral care products in reducing dental plaque & gingivitis – a systematic review and meta-analysis

Janakiram

Ramanarayanan

Fontelo

et al. 2020

BMC Complement Med Ther

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“…But scientific studies assessing the effect of non-herbal as well as herbal toothpastes on these salivary components are lacking. Most of the available literature has focused mainly on antimicrobial properties of herbal toothpastes [7]. The three toothpastes used in the study i.e., Patanjali Dant-Kanti Dental Cream, Himalaya Complete Care Toothpaste and Vicco Vajradanti Toothpaste were selected based on their popularity.…”

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Efficacy of herbal toothpastes on salivary pH and salivary glucose – A preliminary study

Khairnar

Dodamani

Karibasappa

et al. 2017

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine

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Due to dearth of literature on the effect of herbal toothpaste on saliva and salivary constituents, the present study was undertaken to evaluate and compare the effect of three different herbal toothpastes with the focus on on salivary pH and salivary glucose. Forty five subjects in the age group of 19–21 years were randomly divided into 3 groups (15 in each group) and were randomly intervened with three different herbal toothpastes (Dant Kanti, Himalaya Complete Care and Vicco Vajradanti). Unstimulated saliva samples were collected before and after brushing and salivary glucose and pH levels were assessed at an interval of one week each for a period of 4 weeks starting from day 1. All the three toothpastes were effective in reducing the overall (p < 0.05) levels as well as levels of salivary glucose from pre-brushing to post-brushing at each interval (p < 0.05) and in increasing the overall levels as well as levels of salivary pH (p < 0.05) from pre-brushing to post-brushing at each interval. Herbal toothpastes were effective in reducing salivary levels of glucose and improving pH of the saliva.

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“…Mohan Kumar et al, 28 and Sabiha et al, 19 , conducted in vitro study comparing various herbal dentifrice with conventional dentifrice by measuring zones of inhibition created around the disc concluded that herbal toothpastes are equally efficient and can also be recommended like conventional formulations, as found in the present study. Even if patient swallows Babool toothpaste no harm is caused.…”

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“…The caries preventive effect of low fluoride toothpastes may be slightly less as compared to that of adult strength alternatives but considering the fact that most children tend to swallow toothpaste while brushing and the adverse effects associated with it, the use of low-fluoride toothpaste by children under 6 years of age seems justified. Herbal extracts have received special attention for being non-chemical and non-synthetic in nature 19 . Indian gum Arabic tree Acacia, belong to the family Leguminosae, and has been recognized worldwide as a multipurpose tree 20 .…”

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Dental caries is a complex disease which is expressed as an interaction between various factors including the host, agent, substrate and time. The interplay between the dental biofilm and oral microorganisms is an important feature for development of a cariogenic dental plaque. Formation of the biofilm needs to be controlled through regular brushing in order to prevent the development of caries and periodontal diseases. Hence a study was conducted to evaluate and compare in-vivo the effect of two commercially available herbal and non-herbal (fluoridated) toothpastes on salivary bacterial count in 5 -10 years age children with 3 -6 decayed teeth. 40 children were randomly allocated into two groups I and II. Group I were provided with Fluoridated (Kidodent) toothpaste and Group II with Herbal (Babool) toothpaste. Participants were scored for plaque index and saliva sample was collected as the baseline score (day 0). After demonstration of brushing technique participants were asked to brush twice daily. The plaque index score and saliva sample was once again collected at the end of Day 15. The baseline mean bacterial counts significantly reduced from 37.65 to 15.57 in Group I and from 38.08 to 16.88 in Group II. Whereas mean plaque index score were reduced from 1.75 to 0.71 in Group I and 1.87 to 0.79 in Group II. Both Kidodent and Babool significantly reduce bacterial and plaque scores at 15 days interval. But there was no statistical significant difference between two pastes.

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Antimicrobial Efficacy of Ten Commercially Available Herbal Dentifrices against Specific Oral Microflora – In Vitro Study

Cited by 21 publications

References 10 publications

Effectiveness of herbal oral care products in reducing dental plaque & gingivitis – a systematic review and meta-analysis

Effectiveness of herbal oral care products in reducing dental plaque & gingivitis – a systematic review and meta-analysis

Efficacy of herbal toothpastes on salivary pH and salivary glucose – A preliminary study

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